The Maritime Executive
Articles posted by the international team of staff writers at The Maritime Executive.
New Initiative Surveys Seafarers' Experiences of Misconduct at Sea
The global shipping industry is attempting to come to grips with an ongoing problem with sexual harassment and assault. Surveys in...
A Temporary Corridor Strategy for Hormuz
[By Frank Bell] The Strait of Hormuz does not need to be made safe to reopen global shipping. It only needs to be made governable....
Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford Sets Post-Vietnam Record for Longest Deployment
The supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford has set a new and unwanted post-Vietnam record, achieving 297 days of continuous deployment -...
Executive Interview: Jason Montague, Chief Luxury Officer, NCLH
Welcome back, Jason! It's been five years since you last graced our cover. They were tough times. Covid had just begun. The cruise...
Iran Continues to Sell Oil Out of its Floating Storage Reserve
In addition to the inbound Iranian tanker traffic that has passed by the new U.S. blockade of Iranian seaports, Iran continues to...
Port of Antwerp-Bruges Transitions to a New CEO
Jacques Vandermeiren, the man who is credited for making the Port of Antwerp-Bruges one of the largest ports in Europe, has steppe...
Why Network Engineers Are Worried About the Strait of Hormuz Crisis
The Strait of Hormuz blockade has been widely analyzed from a global energy impact perspective, but network engineers are also con...
Fincantieri Gets Order Valued at Over $2.3B for Three Princess Cruise Ships
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and Carnival Corporation’s Princess Cruises confirmed an order for three new large cruise ships va...
U.S. Treasury Takes Aim at Iran's Shamkhani Shipping Network
The U.S. Treasury is once again taking aim at the network of Iranian "shadow fleet" industry leader Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani, so...
Russian Strike Hits Foreign-Flagged Bulker Off Coast of Odesa
On Tuesday morning, Russian forces hit a foreign-flagged merchant ship at a port in the Odesa region, according to Ukrainian autho...